Check out these 60 funny vintage photographs which give us a rare and fascinating look at how different (and similar) life used to be.
1. they have landed!
2. the laundry
3. clothes--who needs em?
4. grandpa
5. all smiles
6. tossed
7. another little sparrow...
8. the brides
9. the water sprite
10. whoops!
11. the amazons
12. the big stink
13. dive he said
14. just visiting
15. wilderness bride
16. pigtails
17. please don't eat the parakeet
18. the giant
19. waiting for santa
20. next year---ice
21. the long slide downward
22. what a shot!
23. nappy's drive in
24. o sleeper awake!
25. No More Loans for you!
26. everyone into the pool!
27. solitaire
28. a man and his garters
29. the wilson lion
30. the air is better up here
31. all tied up
32. one legged woman
33. beauty and the beast
34. have a seat
35. ouch
36. the mohawk
37. bite me
38. funny face
39. almost got it
40. down the hatch
41. instant shades
42. june 1942
43. the veiled one
44. dog gone it
45. the joker
46. grandpa needs new teeth
47. the thing
48. portrait of the artist as a young man
49. the black birds
50. clothes line
51. the guys
52. bare chest
53. picnic
54. the fight
55. sit stay roll over
56. read it again
57. the circus comes to town
58. before flip-flops
59. the guys
60. the contortionist
1. they have landed!
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| She has returned to the Other Realms. |
2. the laundry
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| At first glance they appear to be game birds. |
3. clothes--who needs em?
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| All you need is a smoke and the fresh air up your shorts... |
4. grandpa
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| Someone's been at the bottle a bit... |
5. all smiles
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| Snapshot found with face cut out and smiley face pasted on the back. Voila! She's happy forever! |
6. tossed
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| One of the fellows being tossed in a blanket. He was about twenty feet in the air when the picture was taken. Let's hope he landed by now. |
7. another little sparrow...
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| ahh the glamour of being a chanteuse... |
8. the brides
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| Two weddings at once. Save time and money. |
9. the water sprite
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| Just a fun composition and moment in time. |
10. whoops!
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| When they say don't try this at home, they mean don't try this at home... |
11. the amazons
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| These are strong women--and the guy is funny too. |
12. the big stink
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| Something smells here... |
13. dive he said
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| Someone was at the right time and place. |
14. just visiting
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| On the back: Pam and Terry, March 1946 |
15. wilderness bride
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| Who knows what's going on here... for fun. |
16. pigtails
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| and is that a brownie camera? How American can you get! |
17. please don't eat the parakeet
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| Or is it just love at first bite? |
18. the giant
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| The perspective was the draw for this one. Is it me or does he look huge? |
19. waiting for santa
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| A cold snapshot for a hot day in NYC. |
20. next year---ice
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| This is how Peggy Fleming started, skating around the living room. |
21. the long slide downward
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| Who knows if this is her first slide into a life of utter depravity. We shall never know. |
22. what a shot!
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| A small adjustment and she would have gotten him... |
23. nappy's drive in
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| Just the guys clowning around on a hot day! |
24. o sleeper awake!
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| What a neck ache she will have in the morning! |
25. No More Loans for you!
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| and after posing, they all went quietly to jail... |
26. everyone into the pool!
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| Suburbia. |
27. solitaire
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| Or just picking her nose. |
28. a man and his garters
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| City-slicker country style. |
29. the wilson lion
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| Looks ready for anything. |
30. the air is better up here
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| Just fun. |
31. all tied up
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| On the back: Vance Hester. What Vance Hester was doing we can not even imagine |
32. one legged woman
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| Eccentrically ugly--both the woman and the room. |
33. beauty and the beast
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| On the back: Mrs. Herman and Phifi? Atlantic- City 1926 |
34. have a seat
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| I like the awkwardness of the legs peeping out. |
35. ouch
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| On the back: Franzi 1928 |
36. the mohawk
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| He must have been a trendsetter... |
37. bite me
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| Just fun! |
38. funny face
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| Just fun! |
39. almost got it
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| We know what the photographer was after... maybe she moved her hand.. |
40. down the hatch
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| Oh those polaroids...! |
41. instant shades
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| A little snapshot with artistic embellishment. |
42. june 1942
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| Just fooling around. |
43. the veiled one
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| Just the ladies having fun. |
44. dog gone it
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| and he's housebroken too... |
45. the joker
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| Just fun! |
46. grandpa needs new teeth
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| Just for fun. |
47. the thing
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| A giant potato. It's the size of a press photo with no markings on the back but could have been manipulated in the darkroom. |
48. portrait of the artist as a young man
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| The beginnings of a brilliant career. |
49. the black birds
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| The dark suits in the sand? snow? |
50. clothes line
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| Just fun! |
51. the guys
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| Just fun! |
52. bare chest
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| The all American armpit. |
53. picnic
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| Just fun! |
54. the fight
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| Just fun! |
55. sit stay roll over
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| Just fun! |
56. read it again
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| Seems like it should come right out of Life magazine--but it's a flea market snap. |
57. the circus comes to town
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| Love the woman pointing her finger. |
58. before flip-flops
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| The wonderful lights... |
59. the guys
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| Affectionate men. |
60. the contortionist
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| Just fun! |
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